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Filed under technology, twitter, web 2.0
By Brian Malcom
We first reported about a tweet causing a stir in Illinois in July 2009. A young woman implied in a tweet that her apartment was moldy and the realty company that owned the property did not seem to care. The realty company sued the tenant for libel, but they may have only made matters worse with no real recovery to show for it.
The ABA Journal is reporting that a state judge has dismissed the complaint against the tweeting tenant. "[The Tenant] was represented by lawyers from The John Marshall Law School's Center for Information Technology and Privacy Law. They had argued in a motion that her tweet was "opinion" and "rhetorical hyperbole.""
The judge dismissed the complaint against the tenant, because the complaint was too vague. Both parties argued the significance or impact of tweeting as a form of publication in their respective filings with the court.
Happy tweeting.
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